Motivational Quotes

Action

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.

- Smith, Sydney

Best Quotes about Action

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

Letterman, Elmer G.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Aurelius, Marcus

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Vinet

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Aristotle

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

Dyer, Wayne

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Turner, Ted

10.

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

11.

No one will do it for you.

Stein, Ben

12.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Mother Teresa

13.

No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Fosdick, Harry Emerson

14.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Holmes, Marjorie

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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Gracian, Baltasar

17.

It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.

Warford, Rita

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Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

Long, Haniel

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It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said,what dust do I raise!

Bacon, Francis

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Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.

Shakespeare, William

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So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

Stone, W. Clement

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Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Franklin, Benjamin

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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverb, Italian

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A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Robbins, Anthony

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If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck

Hasselhoff, David

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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Garibaldi, Giuseppe

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Take action in order to move toward your goals.

Brown, Les

28.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Paterno, Joe

29.

Some people forget to plant in the spring, idle away the summer hours and then expect to reap in the fall.

30.

We will not know unless we begin.

Zinn, Howard

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There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

Carroll, Lewis

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Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

33.

In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

Char, Rene

34.

If you want to get along, go along.

Rayburn, Sam

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Backbone beats wishbone every time.

37.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

Stone, W. Clement

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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake.

Ray, Marie Beyon

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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Proverb, Mexican

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One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.

Milea, Jinx

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Many are called but few get up.